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1 was the Blade Shards that dropped from my sprocket node in my Home instance. I ended up with 5 of them, I could not add them to my existing stack. I broke down the 5, and I got 4 of them into the stack, but 1 remained unstack-able.

Before I open an actual ticket, just wondering if anyone else has ran into this. I am going to try it again tonight when i hit the node.

Hi all...I have rolled and leveled my first Mesmer...ever...never even played one in GW1.

Let me give you all a little bit of info:

In playing the Mesmer, I tried various kinds of styles as I leveled, with the understanding that some would be much more effective as I got to higher levels. I enjoyed many of them, but always seemed to drift back to one style of play.

I really enjoyed the "Army of 1" style of play. I used the "Shatter" skills somewhat, but I did not rely on them alone to deal the big damage. I did use every weapon combination, so I am familiar with those, but would like to hear thoughts on the best pairings that provide the most useful clones/phantasms.

I am looking for a build that will allow for the best damage from my Clones/Phantasms, let the shatter skills work effectively(just not "summon, shatter, summon, shatter, etc"), and be able to keep 3 Clones/Phantasms up all during a fight. I will be playing the Mesmer only in PvE and Dungeons, no plans to go WvW or PvP with him. I am not a min/max-er, and I do not play with a group that does speed clears or anything like that. I am playing a mesmer for the sheer fun of playing it. I am looking for solid build suggestions that would be useable in PUGs as well as a semi-organized Guild Group(we play to have fun, but we don't like to wipe ALL the time, so I don't want to suck as a Mesmer...lol).

Any and all input is welcome, as I am still learning the "ins and outs" of the Mesmer...so Thanks in advance.

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Celebrate the holiday with festive traditions: leap from snowflake to snowflake in the Winter Wonderland jumping puzzle, ring in the season in the Bell Choir activity, defend gift-bearing dolyaks in Toypocalypse, and store up precious presents in Snowball Mayhem!

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Achievements have been divided into 3 categories: PvE, WvW, and PvP.

The number of available achievements per day is based on the highest-level character on an account:

Levels 1 – 10: 1 achievement per category

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The World vs. World Sneak Attack event begins December 16. For the next month of World vs. World, the following rules will apply:

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At the end of the season, the top 250 players on the ladder in each region will each receive a PvP-exclusive Mini Llama.

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A new Gifts Mail Delivery mail carrier is available in the Upgrades category of the Gem Store for 350 gems.

The new Arctic Explorer Outfit is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 700 gems.

New Wintersday weapons are available from the Black Lion Weapons Specialist for 1 ticket each.

Every Black Lion Chest also includes a guaranteed Personalized Wintersday Gift (for a limited time).

The Royal Pass (2 weeks) has returned to the Special category of the Gem Store for 300 gems (for a limited time)

Arenanet has announced that the Living Story will continue with episode 8 on the 13th of January 2015. Until then, Wintersday will be active starting the 16th of December 2014, with the event being hosted in Divinity's Reach. There is also a WvW rule-flip tournament incoming, and a PvP tournament incoming, each providing their own call to the mists buff. You can read the entire blog post announcement here.

A few months ago, we announced that Guild Wars 2‘s Living World experience was launching on a path that would result in our story-and the whole world of Tyria-reaching a point of no return. We’ve since ventured into the heart of Glint’s lair, discovered secrets in the depths of the Durmand Priory, witnessed the fall of the leader of the Zephyrites, recovered the last known dragon egg only to have it stolen out from under us by a longtime friend, and searched through the first memories of the sylvari race in our hunt to find her.

Our story now finds the Pact’s fleet of airships poised to launch their assault into the jungle, and our band of heroes standing before a sealed cave marked with ancient runes. On January 13, Living World Season 2 will return to take you beyond that seal, and you’ll discover moments that will forever change the course of Tyria.